“Space ice” contains tiny crystals and is not, as previously assumed, a completely disordered material like liquid water, according to a new study by scientists at UCL (University College London) […]
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Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Extinction events, Fossils & Paleontology, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Impact events, Press Release
Dinosaurs’ Apparent Decline Prior To Asteroid May Be Due To A Poor Fossil Record
The idea that dinosaurs were already in decline before an asteroid wiped most of them out 66 million years ago may be explained by a worsening fossil record from that […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release
Temperamental Stars Are Distorting Our View Of Distant Planets
Most of the information we have about planets beyond our solar system (exoplanets) comes from looking at dips in starlight as these planets pass in front of their host star.
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Extinction events, Fossils & Paleontology, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Impact events, Meteorites & Asteroids, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
Massive Asteroid Impacts Did Not Change Earth’s Climate In The Long Term
Two massive asteroids hit Earth around 35.65 million years ago, but did not lead to any lasting changes in the Earth’s climate, according to a new study by UCL researchers.
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Scottish And Irish Rocks Confirmed As Being A Rare Record Of Snowball Earth
The study, published in the Journal of the Geological Society of London, found that the Port Askaig Formation, composed of layers of rock up to 1.1km thick, was likely laid […]
Posted inAriel Mission, Astronomy & Telescopes, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Citizen Science / Open Science, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release
Competition To Unlock The Atmospheres Of Distant Planets Using AI
The competition, based on the European Space Agency’s Ariel space mission and featured at the NeurIPS 2024 machine learning conference, will tackle one of astronomy’s most complex and important data […]
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
Pantetheine, Vital For All Life, Likely Played A Role In Life’s Origin
A chemical compound essential to all living things has been synthesised in a lab in conditions that could have occurred on early Earth, suggesting it played a role at the […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Icy Worlds, Interstellar, Press Release
Discovery Of Amorphous Ice May Change Our Understanding Of Water
Researchers at UCL and the University of Cambridge have discovered a new type of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than any other known ices and that may rewrite […]
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Discovery Of 'Ghost' Fossils Reveals Plankton Resilience To Past Global Warming Events
An international team of scientists from UCL (University College London), the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Natural History Museum (London) and the University of Florence have found a remarkable type […]
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Diverse Life Forms May Have Evolved Earlier Than Previously Thought
Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers that challenges the conventional view of when life began. For […]